Koto, early 17th century, Japan, Japanese, Various woods, ivory and tortoiseshell inlays, gold and silver inlays, metalwork, cloth, laquer, paper, 5 1/8 × 74 5/8 × 9 1/2 in. (13 × 189.5 × 24.2 cm), Chordophone-Zither-plucked-long zither, Metalwork by Goto Teijo, 9th generation Goto master, Japan (1603–1673), Workshop of Got? Y?j? (Japanese, ca. 1440–1512, first-generation Got? master), This rare acquisition is a tour de force of Japanese decorative and musical arts that is currently unparalleled in this country. Although a strong tradition existed before then, the foundation for modern Japanese koto music were formed during the seventeenth century
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Koto, early 17th century, Japan, Japanese, Various woods, ivory, tortoiseshell inlays, gold, silver, metalwork, cloth, laquer, paper, 5 1/8, 74 5/8, 9 1/2, 13, 189.5, 24.2 cm, Chordophone-Zither-plucked-long zither, Metalwork by Goto Teijo, 9th generation master, 1603–1673, Workshop of Got? Y?j?, ca., 1440–1512, first-generation, rare, acquisition, tour de, force, Japanese decorative, musical arts, currently unparalleled, country, strong tradition, existed, foundation, modern Japanese, koto, music, formed, seventeenth
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